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*"From what I have read...it's happened to YOU more than you may think..."* Please tell me where as I must have missed it. I'd love to know who you think is my "mistress". Kyle In Hollywood

*"God, I love strong women..."* Strong Women? It's nothing more than **** envy - very unattractive and makes for some very volatile personalities. Kyle (not to be cuckold) In Hollywood

Friday March 28^th^

*"kyle.......thanx a lot for the harlow pics!!"* You're most welcome. I only wish they were "better". Kyle In Hollywood

*"I thought maybe "The Farmer's Daughter" (1947) with Loretta Young."* Hi molo14, This is the description in the TCMDatabase - "When she goes to work for a congressman, a Minnesota farm girl takes Washington by storm." I don't think the state of Minnesota is mentioned in the film but the "story" is similar to that of an actual Congresswoman from Minnesota, Coya Knutson. http://www.mnhs.org/library/tips/history_topics/119coya_knutson.html Also, the film is the debut of Minnesota-born actor James Arness.

Thursday March 27^th^

psst! Click below, FrankGrimes. And if your forehead no longer says "Welcome", I hope it doesn't read "Wipe Your Feet" in it's place. Kyle In Hollywood

Nothing here that hasn't already been posted by others. *Twentieth Century* *My Man Godfrey* *The Lady Eve* and *Ball Of Fire* Kyle ("red as the Daily Worker and twice as sore") In Hollywood

*RUGGLES OF RED GAP* (1935) - PrinceSaliano Now that's a display of good taste and good humor. Kyle In Hollywood

"Much obliged, ladies. You go back to what you were doing before I interrupted." Kyle In Hollywood

Doubting that the "gals" will befriend ya. Kyle (who had a co-worker who obsessed Miss Kelly) In Hollywood

Today's NYTimes has a review of a recently-released DVD of Sessue Hayakawa's *The Dragon Painter* - "As a sadistic Japanese art dealer who sexually enslaves a Long Island society woman, Hayakawa had set hearts aflame with a sense of danger and exoticism in “The Cheat,” Cecil B. DeMille’s 1915 melodrama. Hayakawa’s subsequent films, for the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, were so successful that he was able to establish his own production company, Haworth Pictures Corporation, in 1918. Even as the popular press was brimming with “yellow peril” scare stories, Hayakawa and his directing partner, William Worthington, produced 23 features in four years, one of which, “The Dragon Painter” (1919), has now been released on DVD by Milestone Film and Video." There's more which you can find here - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/movies/homevideo/25dvds.html?ref=todayspaper (just scroll down past the section about the Gene Autry serial *The Phantom Empire*. Well, maybe you don't want to do that either.) Kyle In Hollywood

*"...they were refused admission to the Hollywood Hotel because they were black. Now that's Racial...."* - vallo13 I can't argue that it wasn't. Nor am I gonna try. Jim Crow laws are never defensible. Kyle In Hollywood

*"Kyle---beautiful poster from Fairbanks' "Robin Hood". Just lovely."* I am glad someone took notice of that one. I think it is extra-special too. Kyle In Hollywood

*"Why is it o.k. to show bare-breasted black women on film and not white women partially clothed on TV in 2008?"* - 'concerned' Well, just last week I saw a bare-breasted Beverly D'Angelo skinny dipping with a buck naked John Savage. On TCM. I didn't see the film last evening so I can not speak specifically to your observations. But, as they were depictions of Africans (I assume), I wouldn't call them racial stereotypes - a term usually applied to African-Americans - but instead refer to them as cultural or ethnic stereotypes. And "Classic Hollywood" is rife with such imagery in regard to many ethinic groups. Also, I don't think anyone here "gets off" on such imagery. Kyle In Hollywood

Tuesday March 26^th^

Monday March 24^th^

*"My mom and I were fairly close, but in no way did I feel that she was my friend--she is my mother."* Just as I would have expected, Sandy. But I have this feeling your cat is one of the more pampered felines in the neighborhood.. Of course, I hear that an unpampered cat can be dangerous and is often life-threatening. Kyle In Hollywood

Unlike the studio era, contemporary actors have to answer to no one. They are in control of their own career and their image. Today there is no "machine" making stars out of what were middling talents like Loretta Young or Tyrone Power. (Who grace the cover of Jeannie Bassinger's book titled "The Star Machine".) Actors have to throw themselves into a completely different machine nowadays to become "stars". They surround themselves with persons to advise them on their career - but these folks are also on the actor's payroll. I doubt there is a alot of honest guidance or criticism between such folks. One doesn't speak too truthfully to "the boss" if one wants to keep their paycheck - especially when the boss has a healthy set of neurotic insecurities that are very common with "artists". Being blunt means the loss of the BMW. "Spare the rod and spoil the child" certainly could be an apt description of a generation of actors. Kyle In Hollywood

*"Parenting has fallen since single parent homes have become the rave."* - MattHelm Well, I won' t go that far. I'd hestitate to describe single-parenting as the latest "fashion choice". In fact, in most cases it is probably not a choice of the parents at all. I am guessing the reasons most parents are divorcing isn't to become single parents. Nor would I like to believe that most single adults (or adolescents) are pursuing single parenthood as a status symbol. I don't think you _really_ meant it that way, did you? Perhaps the better word would be "phenomena". Of course, if Gildersleeve can raise raise two children successfully, there is hope for other similar households. Kyle In Hollywood